[CPEO-MEF] CLEANUP - Fort Meade (MD) order disputed

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Army rejects taking lead on Fort Meade waste cleanup
Several sites at Fort George G. Meade are contaminated with hazardous waste.


Jason Flanagan
The Examiner
March 1, 2008

FORT MEADE, Md. - The Army is rejecting an order from the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency demanding it lead a hazardous waste 
cleanup process at Fort George G. Meade.

"The installation is very concerned that the order would seriously delay 
progress on the cleanup work, especially this year," said Col. Kenneth 
McCreedy, the fort's commander, in a written statement.

In August, the EPA issued the order on how to clean up chemicals and 
unexploded munitions at various spots in the fort.

But since 1998, when the fort was put on the national hazardous waste 
site list, the Army has spent $83 million to clean up the installation. 
EPA's increased involvement would delay the process by adding extra 
bureaucracy, McCreedy said in an interview Thursday.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.examiner.com/a-1251963~Army_rejects_taking_lead_on_Fort_Meade_waste_cleanup.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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